Hitchcock Chronology: Jack Hulbert

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Jack Hulbert...

1934

September

• 22nd - Gaumont-British studio head Michael Balcon sets sail from Southampton to New York aboard the RMS Aquitania on a short publicity trip for the studio. With him are actor Jack Hulbert and new star, 14-year-old Nova Pilbeam, accompanied by mother. They return to England in mid-October.

October

• 27th - The Gloucester Citizen reports that Michael Balcon, freshly returned from America, stated that the reception of his company's films had far exceeded his expectations. "On the night I left New York three cinemas on Broadway were showing Gaumont British films, and both Mr. Jack Hulbert and Miss Nova Pilbeam, who accompanied me, were hailed as stars of the first rank."